Mother Jones
Hillary Clinton is going after Bernie Sanders on health care reform. On Monday, she warned that his proposal for universal single-payer health care was a "risky deal" that would tear apart the Affordable Care Act and "start over." On Tuesday, her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, followed suit. It's an abrupt shift one month before the Iowa caucuses, but perhaps an inevitable one given Sanders' rising poll numbers.
As the race tightens Clinton is ripping into Bernie on guns and health care.
It's also reverses the tactic her campaign embraced eight years ago. In the 2008 Democratic primary, it was Clinton who found herself on the defensive after then-Sen. Barack Obama's campaign sent mailers to Ohio voters warning that her plan would force every citizen to buy health insurance. In a now-famous moment, Clinton held a press conference to trash the mailer and tell her opponent, "Shame on you":
She seems to be forgetting about the internet and youtube. The internet never forgets. So inconvenient.
The Obama mailer was "not only wrong, but it is undermining core Democratic principles," Clinton said at the time. "Since when do Democrats attack one another on universal health care? I thought we were trying to realize Harry Truman's dream. I thought this campaign finally gave us an opportunity to put together a coalition to achieve universal health care."
There are no words.